UCLA was without its offensive line coach, Adrian Klemm, for the start of spring practice Tuesday morning.
The school had announced on March 16 that Klemm had been suspended with pay for an alleged NCAA rules violation. The type of violation, or the seriousness of it, was not disclosed.
Coach Jim

Here are some quick notes from UCLA’s first spring practice, which began on Tuesday morning at Spaulding Field.
* UCLA coach Jim Mora confirmed reports that wide receiver Devin Lucien has left the program. He was not listed on the spring roster that was passed out.
* With the search for Br

UCLA wide receiver Devin Lucien has left the program and intends to transfer, according to reports from Bruin Report Online and the Los Angeles Times.
Lucien, who was to be a UCLA senior in the fall, has one season of eligibility left. He is close to graduating, so it’s possible he could be eligible to play immediately at an FBS pr

I’ll start with a quick story.
When I was in the eighth grade, John Wooden came to speak at my grammar school in Burbank. It was late in the year. The church was packed for the assembly. He talked about coaching, and emphasized various Woodenisms. He was mostly there to read his new book calledInch and Miles.
Afterward, I a

LOS ANGELES – For the first time since arriving on campus, UCLA senior wide receiver Jordan Payton will be catching passes from a starting quarterback not named Brett Hundley.
Hundley, an All-American who was one of the most productive players in school history, started the past 40 games for the Bruins before bypassing his senior s

UCLA begins the first of 15 spring practices Tuesday at 7 a.m. at Spaulding Field. Here are five additional storylines to follow throughout the spring.
1. Who replaces Eric Kendricks?
The Bruins not only lose their top offensive player from a year ago in quarterback Brett Hundley, but also their top defensive player, lineb

HOUSTON -- The NBA is calling, but the question now for Kevon Looney, with his freshman year officially over after UCLA's Sweet 16 loss to Gonzaga, is whether he'll answer.
The assumption is that his status as a likely lottery pick in the upcoming draft will inevitably lead him to become UCLA's third one-and-done player in three years, f

HOUSTON – The Bruins were never quite Cinderella, even as they sneaked into the Big Dance and, in the face of universal doubt, waltzed their way to a second straight Sweet 16. But Friday in Houston, in the same position they stood a year ago, Bryce Alford looked up at the scoreboard with his hands at his waist, his head hanging and his eye

HOUSTON – He’d already been pulled from the game in an act of final salute and fitting ceremony, the saddest of exits for a senior.
He’d already hugged his coach and most of his teammates, knowing he soon would be removing a beloved uniform he’d never put on again.
He’d already cried, too, Norman Pow

HOUSTON -- They were never quite Cinderella, even as the rest of the college basketball world doubted them, even as they snuck into the Big Dance and waltzed their way to a second straight Sweet 16. But on Friday in Houston, the clock struck midnight on the UCLA Bruins’ darkhorse NCAA Tournament run anyway.
It wa

HOUSTON – David Grace knew right away what he saw. It was 2013, and the UCLA assistant – then with Oregon State – was in Milwaukee to watch a 6-foot-9 rebound machine, with smooth ball-handling skills, a wingspan that extended well beyond 7 feet, and a range that effortlessly reached the 3-point line. Those abilities are

HOUSTON – UCLA has 11 national titles and 47 NCAA Tournament appearances and so much history that even Bill Walton can’t exaggerate the amount.
No program has made more noise in men’s college basketball than this one. So why today am I struggling to detect the slightest echo in response?
If ever there was a Brui

BRYCE ALFORD vs. KEVIN PANGOS
No UCLA player has stepped up more in the postseason than Alford, who emerged as one of the leading scorers of the tournament’s first weekend with 49 points through two games. He’s playing the best basketball of his career, and against UAB, he even showed an ability to adjust to a defense

HOUSTON – He is easily UCLA’s least predictable player, the one Bruin from whom no one is ever certain what to expect.
And here I’m not even talking about Tony Parker mightily lifting his teammates by scoring 28 points barely 48 hours after practically abandoning them by scoring just three.
In our most vertical

LOS ANGELES – He is the most versatile weapon on the nation’s most versatile offense, perhaps the best pure scorer still left in the NCAA Tournament, and in December, when UCLA (22-13) and Gonzaga (34-2) first met at Pauley Pavilion, the Bruins saw up close just what Kyle Wiltjer could do. The 6-foot-10 senior forward hit from